The Kuala Terengganu City Council (, abbreviated MBKT) is the city council which administers Kuala Terengganu City and Kuala Nerus District in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia. This council was established after the city was officially granted city status on 1 January 2008. Its jurisdiction covers an area of 605 square kilometres.
Its history began in 1928 as Kuala Terengganu Sanitary Board, 1950 as Kuala Terengganu Town Board, 1979 as Kuala Terengganu Municipal Council, and 2008 as Kuala Terengganu City Council.
The council consists of the mayor plus twenty-four councillors appointed to serve a one-year term by the Terengganu State Government.
Headquarters
MBKT Tower, formerly known as Darul Iman Tower is a 30-story, 132-meter-tall government office building located in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. It serves as the headquarters of the Kuala Terengganu City Council. It is also located besides the state's iconic Kuala Terengganu Drawbridge.
Appointed mayors of Kuala Terengganu
Since 2008, the city has been led by four mayors. The previous mayors are listed as below: No President & Mayor Term start Term end 1 Mat Razali Kassim 1 January 2008 31 January 2009 2 Adzlan Mohd Dagang 1 February 2009 31 December 2014 3 Mohamad Kamil Othman 1 January 2015 6 September 2016 4 Mohd Zulkifli Abu Bakar 6 September 2016 31 December 2017 5 Samiun Salleh 1 January 2018 15 January 2019 6 Shahidan Embok 16 January 2019 9 May 2021 7 Rozali Salleh 10 May 2021 31 May 2022 8 Rosli Latif 1 June 2022 Incumbent
Current appointed councillors 2020/2022 Session Source:
Mohd Sidek Abdullah Mohd Zabidi Amat Tuan Chik Tuan Muda Sanusi Md Taib Mohd Nordin Mahmood Mohamad Iszeham Mat Ali Che Sulaiman Ismail Mohd Razaki Daud Ramli Ismail Hassan Wahid Azmi A. Rahman Mohd Azrin Mohd Aris @ Mohd Aziz Chua Kim Huat Khairuddin Muhammad Wan Mokhtar @ W. Moxtor Wan Kadir Mohamad Ubaidah Tengah Mohd Shafie Taib Ahmad Firdaus Mohd @ Mohd Hamdan Pauzai Husain Harun Salleh
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